April 08, 2010

ideas for the little lady

Lydia started last May with great success in the potty training department. It's seemed rather effortless for us {at least compared to her brothers} & have gone through this last year happy with her progress & lack of accidents. Unfortunately, it seems that we've also gone though the past year without really realizing we were just happily taking her to & from the bathroom without much thought. Well, she's been giving some trouble to the babysitter as of late as far as the potty game goes, so Dan & I are trying to devise some things to prod her along to be more independent, which we are hoping in turn helps with those troubles. We're hoping this will progress quickly as most things we've tried with her...but alas, our little lady is quite stubborn. The above is just one idea, a chart that she could color in every time she does "it" by herself. After filling the chart, we're thinking the reward would be something like a new dvd... which she loves. Another idea was a similar chart, but she gets to place a sticker in each square. It may take a little tweaking, but hopefully we'll have success soon!!! Wish us luck :)